SPRING/SUMMER 2008
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

Practice Management Education

LOCAL
ECONOMICAL
&
USEFUL

Presented by instructors who work with Ohio Insurance Carriers daily
All workshops approved for AAPC & MAB CEU credit
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& payment to:
 EBS Training Center
Lake Shore Plaza
17674 Mahoning Ave.
Suite B
Lake Milton, OH 44429
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(330) 654-1181
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Class
Cost
 Dates Available
Improved Written Correspondence $150.00 5/14/08 or 5/17/08
Compliance for the Medical Coder: Theory & Action $150.00 6/11/08 or 6/14/08
Effective Documentation Recognition: A Guide for the Medical Center $150.00 7/16/08 or 7/19/08

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CLASS SCHEDULE

Improved Written Correspondence
 Compliance for the Medical Coder: Theory & Action
Effective Documentation Recognition: A Guide for the Medical Center

Overview: This Workshop will help the Medical Office write letters to patients, insurance carriers and other correspondence that will get results. leave this lecture with letters you can begin to use immediately.


Agenda

8:30am to 9:00 am Registration & Continental Breakfast

9:00am to 9:30 am The Formula for an Effective Letter

    9:40 am to 11:00 am Patient Letter

    1. Welcome
    2. Dismiss
    3. Financial & Billing
    4. Referral & Consult

    11:00 am to noon Other Correspondence

    1. Request provider numbers


    1:00 pm to 2:30 pm General Insurance Letters

    1. Contracting
    2. Provider Action Forms
    3. Takebacks & Refunds

    2:40 pm to 4:00 pm Insurance Appeals

    1. Bundled Visits
    2. Multiple Procedures
    3. Modifiers not recognized
    4. Medical Necessity
    5. Out-of-Network

    Overview:

    Agenda

    8:30 am to 9:00 am Registration & Continental Breakfast

    9:00 am to 10:50 am

    11:00 to noon

    1:00 pm to 2:30 pm

    2:40 pm to 3:30 pm

    3:30 pm to 4:00 pm
    Overview: This exceptional chart auditing workshop will provide a review of recognizing services, billable testing, and medical complexity as it is revealed in physical documentation. Effective documentation strategies will legally and ethically increase revenue .

    Agenda

    8:30am to 9:00 am Registration & Continental Breakfast

    9:00 am to 9:45 am The Elements of the History

    1. Chief Complaints
    2. History of the Present Illness
    3. Review of Systems
    4. Past ,Family &/ or Social History

    9:46 am to 10:15 am The Elements of the Physical

    1. General Multi-system Examinations
    2. Single System Examinations

    10:25 to 11:00 am The Elements of Decision Making

    1. Diagnoses and treatment options
    2. Information reviewed
    3. Risk Factors

    11:01 to noon Miscellaneous Charges

    1. Critical Care
    2. Consultations
    3. Concurrent Care

    1:00 to 2:30 am Diagnostic Reporting

    1. Specificity

    2:31 to 3:00 am Procedural Coding

    1. Bundled Services
    2. Modifiers

    3:01 to 4:00 am Chart Auditing
      Location: EBS Training Center, Lake Milton , Ohio
      CEU: Approved for 6 credits for AAPC & MAB
      Cost: $150.00
      DATE: Sat., February 17, 2007 or Wed., March 28, 2007
      		 Location: EBS Training Center, Lake Milton , Ohio
      CEU: Approved for 6 credits for AAPC & MAB
      Cost: $150.00
      DATE: Sat., February 3, 2007 or Wed., February 28, 2007
      		 Location: EBS Training Center, Lake Milton , Ohio
      CEU: Approved for 6 credits for AAPC & MAB
      Cost: $150.00
      DATE: Sat., February 7, 2007 or Wed., March 10, 2007


      * CURRENT CPT & ICD-9 CODE BOOKS ARE REQUIRED FOR ALL WORKSHOPS. Please notify us if you can not bring code books

      ** A $15.00 Cancellation fee will be charged for all programs. Cancellations will not be granted once the program has started.